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Armada 86 05 returned to Freemantle yesterday morning at Dawn (Wednesday 28th January 2026). At that time, the Freemantle Port Authority Website indicated that it would depart on Friday at Dusk for Pago Pago (though that is not set in stone).
Well, the stone tablet has since been hit a few times with a sledge hammer.
The Freemantle Port Authority Website is currently (at dawn Thursday 29th January 2026) showing her berthed at AMC4east Henderson, but expecting to move to "Outside Port Limits" at dawn on Friday 30th January 2026.
Now, precisely what "Outside Port Limits" means is unclear. At this stage, I am assuming that it means that it will depart AMC4east Henderson, but remain within Cockburn Sound until dawn on Monday 2nd February 2026, thence move to ‘Gage Roads’ and wait there for three hours, before "proceeding to sea" at 10am local time (which will be 02:00 UTC) apparently for passage to Pago Pago.
So, what does it all mean ? Yesterday, I posited the question: "The question is, will she return to the search area at 34S to 36S, or not ?" My answer "I think not, for the following reasons". was posted at
https://mh370.radiantphysics.com/2026/01...ment-39906 and at https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.ph...7#pid14947.
24 hours on, and I think it is no pretty clear that the search is over (for now at least).
Clearly, OI have to re-think their choice of ship for the SIO, if they intend to continue 'the quest' (as it were) at all.